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Macrotyloma geocarpum
About
Macrotyloma geocarpum is also known as the ground bean, geocarpa groundnut, Hausa groundnut, or Kersting's groundnut. In French, it is often called la lentille de terre. M. geocarpum is an herbaceous annual plant and a crop of minor economic importance in sub-Saharan Africa, tolerant of drought, with a growth habit similar to that of the peanut.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Macrotyloma geocarpum
- Slug
- macrotyloma-geocarpum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Macrotyloma
- Species
- geocarpum
- Wikidata QID
- Q1349024
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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